NRSA calls for media regulatory bill to be revised following industry pressure
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Following strong objections from many media groups, National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) whips Thursday advised its media reform committee to revise the contentious media regulatory bill.
Kamnoon Sidhisamarn, secretary and spokesman of the NRSA coordination committee, said at a press conference that the whips decided to return two draft laws to the media reform panel for review.
The spokesman said all the controversial issues regarding the bill on media reform, such as the composition and the authority of the proposed media professional council, would be reviewed by taking into consideration all the complaints made by media organisations. It remained unclear when the revision will be completed, but Kamnoon said it “should not take long”.
